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the historical writers association the official website of the hwa skip to primary navigation skip to main content skip to primary sidebar the historical writers association the official website of the hwa members awards events historia about us resources contact login awards events members home the historical writers association helps traditionally published authors to connect with other writers to find publicity opportunities and benefit from involvement in a thriving supportive community interested in joining news and features hwa crown award winners 2025 the winners are gold the heart in winter by kevin barry canongate books non fiction moederland by cato pedder john murray debut a poisoner s tale by cathryn kemp bantam read more about the books and the shortlisted titles on more dorothy dunnett hwa short story competition 2025 the winning and shortlisted stories huge congratulations to our winner sean lusk our highly commended writers alex edwards and joseph dragovich and the writers of our shortlisted stories liz kershaw sopie lenoir and elaine more dorothy dunnett society hwa short story competition longlist many congratulations to the writers of our longlisted stories the shortlist and winning stories will be announced on friday 3 october we ended up with nearly 150 stories this year and the standard was extremely high many thanks to our first more author showcase philip kay bujak former british army officer headmaster and ceo i have been writing full time since retirement in 2015 my specialist areas are the late roman roman republic and the wehrmacht during world war two and i prefer to focus on biographical research and writing my publishers are pen sword military white owl and most recently the university of kentucky press in the usa i live in east sussex with my wonderful family chickens cat and german more jack jarvie jack jarvie has travelled to nearly fifty countries as a management consultant and on overseas missions he has honed communication skills in church leadership as a lay preacher and as leader of a christian radio station more glenda young glenda lives in the northeast where her saga novels are set her trilogy of sagas begins with the toffee factory girls the books are inspired by horner s toffee factory and dainty dinah toffee of chester le street county durham her ryhope sagas are set in the mining village where she grew up in the northeast these are standalone books and can be ready in any order her novel the paper mill girl received a commendation from the british more vanessa de haan vanessa de haan is a writer journalist editor and proofreader in 2005 she left the spectator in london and moved to devon she took the ma in creative writing at bath spa university and was a columnist on the western morning news her first novel the restless sea harpercollins 2018 is about the merchant navy and the royal navy during the arctic convoys of the second world war and was inspired by family history as more mark grenside mark grenside is a thriller writer known for twist driven novels set in the high stakes world of film and television his debut fall out 2021 introduces film producer marcus riley and mako de turris in a series that blends insider industry knowledge with fast paced suspense before turning to fiction mark built an international career spanning finance media and entertainment he began as a lloyd s of london insurance broker more primary sidebar press enquiries we welcome enquiries from the media and are happy to put you in contact with our members press enquiries join the hwa find out more and apply to join join us copyright 2014 2026 historical writers association log in